Wire-hanger.



A. L. FOX.-

WIRE HANGER.

APPLICATION HLED DECJ. 191s.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR, BY MESNE ASSIGN- UPPLY COMPANY, A CORPORATION OF IVIIS- Patented Get. 16, 1% "3.

Original application filed November 19, 1913 Serial no. 801,799. Divided and this application filed December 7,1915. 'Seria1No.65,470.

To all who/n it'mag/ concern i Be t known that I, ALEXANDER L. FOX, a

- citizen of the United States, residing at the city of East St. Louis, county of St. Clair,

and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Wire-Hanger, of which the followingis a specification.

'This invention relates to improvements in wire hangers, andis a division of-my applicationpS'erial No. '801,799,'filed November 19,191

An object of the invention is to provide an improved wire hanger comprising a body the upper side of the body and constituting composed preferablyof insulation material, such as porcelain, provided with an axlal hole'therethrough and with a central poly onal recess in its upper side, in combination with a. releasable binding device'extending through the hole and engagingwith the wire support and provided with a polygonal head or. enlargement upon its upper end adapted to engage within thepolygonal recess in the body, whereby said device will be locked and prevented from working loose when the device is assembled, a portion of the poly onal enlargement or'head extending above an engageable portion whereby the body and the binding device may be detached or removed without defacement of either. In this connection it will be understood that the body is rigidly or firmly clamped between the supporting wire and the connecting yoke,

so that the body cannot readily be turned either for the purpose of releasing or mounting it without the use of the polygonal enlargement or head on the binding device.

With the foregoing general object and other specific objects in View, I have produced a preferred embodiment of the 'invention which I have illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a plan view of the hanger and the cotiperating parts assembled in connection therewith. a

Fig. 9 is a side elevation thereof.

Fig. 3 is a vertical section through the body illustrating the binding device passing therethrough.

The line wire 1 is supported by the usual ear or supporting member 2 having-an upwardly extending portion 3 intermediate of its ends, which 1s recess 4. These parts are of the usual conprovided with a threaded struction and it is in combination with them that my present invention is to be employed.- The insulating'body 5 in the embodiment illustrated is cylindrical and is clamped betweenand supported by a transverse wire 6 and a clamping yoke 7. The wire 6 extends across one side of the body and the yoke 7 bears against the'opposite side of the body I and is provided with hooks 8 which engage with the wire'6, thus firmly or rigidly clamping the body 5 between the yoke and the wire, so that when the device is mounted for use the body will be positively retained in position and cannot turn or;work loose.

. The wire 6 and the yoke 7 engage in a circumferential groove in the body5 so that the parts are thus retained in proper relative position when they are mounted.

The bodyj is provided with a central hole 9 and in the upper side of the body a r The hole 9' or enlargement 12 adapted to seat Within I the recess 10, so as to interlock the binding device with the body 5 and thereby prevent the binding device from turning or working loose.

WVhen the head or enlargement 12 is seated against the'bottom wall of the recess 10 the upper portion of said head or enlargement projects or extends above the upper surface of the body 5. thus constituting an engageable portion with which a wrench or other tool or implement may be engaged to tighten or to release the binding device. Obviously, when the head or enlargement 12 is seated within the recess 10 the binding device can not turn with respect to the body 5, but both must turn together. -Thus, since the body" 7 5 is firmly orrigidly clamped between the wire 6 and the yoke 7 and is thereby prevented from turning except as the result of come loose. However, should it be desired to release the parts, this may be done-by engaging the wrench or like with the polygonal head or enlargement 12 and applying sufficient force to overcome the gripping and clamping power of the wire 6 and yoke '41 Since the body cannot revolve because of its rigid engagement between the wire and the yoke, it is plainly impossible for any of the parts to become loose.

What I claim and desire to secure by ters Patent of the United States, is

l. A wire hanger comprising a body hav- I ing a hole therethrough and having a polygonal recess in its upper side, and'a support normally preventing said body from turning, in port at the lower side of said body, a binding device passing through said hole and having threaded engagement with said wire support, and a polygonal enlargement on said device seated in said recess and extending above the upper side of said body, and constituting an engageable part whereby said binding device and said body may be forc ibly turnedand disconnected from the wire tending above said body whereby said p0rtion, may be engaged and said binding de vice and said body forcibly turned to un- (legion of this patent maybe obtained for Let combination with a wire sup device and said body screw said binding device from the line wire support: v

8. A wire onal recess in its upper side, and a support normally holding said body from turning, in combinatlon with a wire support below said body, a

said wire support, and .a polygonal enlargebinding device passing through said hole and being screwedinto v lianger comprising abody having a hole therethrough and having a polyg ment on said binding device seated in said, recess and locking said device and said body 3 together, said enlargement having an engageable portion extending above the upper surface of said-body, whereby said'binding maybe forcibly turned to unscrew said binding device from the-- wire support while the latter remains in connection with the wire supported thereby.

.4. A wire hanger comprising a body having a hole therethrough, and means for supportingsaid body and normally preventing it from turning, support below said body, a device binding said wire support in connection with said body, and means constituting a lock between 'said device and said body andalso constituting an engageable portion for forcibly turning said body, whereby said device and said body may be disconnected from the wire support while the latter remains in connection with the wire supported thereby.

In witness whereof, I have signed this specification in .the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ALEXANDER L, FOX.

Witnesses: 4

FRANK'D. HAYES, J. F. Rnnsrmw.

five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G.- i i in combinatlon with a wire 

